race bait post is race bait
So, you'd rather not talk about it. Gotcha.
Is that because this is an example of (obvious, blatant) institutional racism, but one of which you approve?
Every day this forum gets more belligerently racist and less intelligent. Your comment and the general existence of this thread is the proof in that pudding.You just proved my point for me. People shouldn't be granted special favors based on their melanin content. If you disagree then you're racist
Uhmm...either one because it takes hard work and dedication to make it all the way through medical school regardless of how you got in. Are you under the false impression that affirmative action grants a student automatic As in every class they take?Let's say you have a brain tumor. You have a choice between two doctors, one who put in the hard work and dedication to get to where he is, and the other who was boosted up by affirmative action. Which one would you want cracking open your coconut?
It's literally the opposite of that, it's acknowledgement that some colleges would admit exclusively white people if given the opportunity, even if that meant meant accepting some C-and-D high school students over vastly better-qualified black/Asian/Latino students. As I said before, there's a long history of exactly that type of discrimination in higher education.Affirmative action is racist by definition, giving a group of people special treatment over another for the shade of their flesh.
This is only the case for colleges that arbitrarily limit the number of admission slots available for Asians and African-Americans, because they want exactly enough to fulfill the federal requirements and no more. Once again, it's for the benefit of white students who otherwise might become a minority of admissions next to a more-qualified Asian student body.Explain why asians are required to score more points than african americans on tests and tell me it's fair.
Precisely why affirmative action exists at all...admissions officials spent decades treating students differently based solely on the color of their skin. Even positive stereotypes can be damaging in their own right, as you pointed out with the higher expectations placed on Asian students.Let's all just agree that skin color does not make you special. We're all just bags of meat. People should be judged only by how they treat others
How are you still not understanding this? The special treatment was given to below-average white students for decades on decades. Affirmative action simply attempts to level the playing field and remove that special treatment by instead handing those admissions slots to above-average black/Asian/Latino students. Whether it actually goes far enough to accomplish that goal is another matter...your own statements in this thread suggest that there probably aren't enough slots for all the above-average Asian students out there.If you're in favor of affirmative action, then you're saying that some people aren't able to make it on their own merit and need special treatment.
If that's genuinely the case for you, great. College admissions officials should all strive to achieve the same mindset, and maybe one day we won't need affirmative action any longer. That's all I've been trying to say.Color don't matter.
To those privileged enough to not know what it is to be deprived, equality feels like oppression.If you're in favor of affirmative action, then you're saying that some people aren't able to make it on their own merit and need special treatment.
Stop obsessing over superficial things like skin tone and focus more on being a decent human being. No further discussion required.